In Croatia, Paušek families are Croats (from Middle Bosnia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Glina.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Paušek live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (<5), Topolovac (<5), Sisak (<5), Kastel Sucurac (<5), and in Dvorisce (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.